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iDEFENSE Security Advisory 2009-05-14.1

Posted May 15, 2009

Authored by iDefense Labs, mu-b | Site idefense.com

iDefense Security Advisory 05.14.09 -Local exploitation of an index validation vulnerability in Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X xnu kernel could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the kernel. The Mac OS X xnu (Mach) kernel implements workqueues. This allows the kernel to schedule events to take place in a task. An input validation error exists within this implementation, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code in the kernel. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X 10.5.2 and earlier is considered vulnerable to this issue.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, kernel, local

systems | apple, osx

advisories | CVE-2008-1517

SHA-256 | ed4e7b2fc134914f7bdc9f1008e2d35746dfd1067a45e9a131b5af02148a1720

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